The 10 best horror movies of 2025, ranked

The past 12 months have been absurdly great for horror fans, with small indie outfits and Hollywood studios alike serving up scare after scare. This was the year that Warner Bros. Discovery bet big on original horror, giving directors like Ryan Coogler and Zach Cregger the freedom to tell whatever type of story they wanted. Meanwhile, Danny Boyle resurrected his trailblazing zombie film 28 Days Later for a shockingly beautiful post-pandemic follow-up, a long-gestating Stephen King adaptation finally saw the light of day, and even Rian Johnson got in on the fun with his third Knives Out movie, Wake Up Dead Man.